The game makes it sad by Dezel ascending towards heaven, symbolizing that he’s leaving. The way Dezel’s death was written makes it more bittersweet. It doesn’t feel rushed, but more like an inclusion since Symonne and Lunarre seemed to be working together for the most part. I think that the revenge plot appearing right after Rose is unable to save Lunarre is actually pretty interesting given how similar it is to the game. In the game, he rambled on about revenge from his first appearance, but never dwelled on it until he encountered Symonne again. Moving on, Dezel’s story of revenge is done well too. Rose is already a painting it’s hard to see the original blank canvas, but knowing that it came from a clean canvas makes it a pretty picture. Alisha is a canvas that has some paint marks, which symbolizes the stuff she has seen in the world, but still remains in pristine condition with no dents and rounded corners. Sorey is a pure white canvas that an artist just bought and wonders what to paint. I think the human characters are a good balance of each other. She’s killing because she sees it as a means of the end. I think the manga helps me understand Rose’s methods a lot better. In the game, I always found Rose’s method weird. I do like how the manga helps me understand the things I was confused about in the game. Their talk about their journey and how it can lead to new answers on salvation is actually very bittersweet seeing how Sorey has to go to sleep and wakes up in a time where Rose might not even be alive anymore. At first, Sorey is reluctant to accept that due to his sheltered nature, but after seeing Rose being unable to save Lunarre from suffering, he realizes that what they want in life is basically the same, which is why he accepts her method.

What they want is initially the same, but they use different methods to achieve their goals. Rose is a bit jaded, but believes that killing can also be salvation. Sorey is innocent and naïve, so he believes that purification will save people from suffering. Starting off, I think the conflict between Sorey and Rose’s ideas of salvation is actually done well. Though, there are some good aspects to it as well. Although I praised the previous volumes quite a lot, this volume actually brings more question than answers.

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